I loved my Hi-Power I had back in the 80's, but the drawbacks I had with it were as follows:
The magazine release button stuck out so far that the lousy flap holsters were were forced to use at that department would tend to make contact, press the button, and pop the magazine loose. It would then extend just enough that if I had to draw and fire, if it fired at all the magazine would drop, and now I had a metal club instead of a pistol. I took to cutting out the leather to fix that, but caught flack for "modifying" my gear.
For off duty carry, my body sweat when carrying MOB would cause the screws in the grip would rust, and micro rust was forming on the blued finish.
Other than that, I loved it and regretted selling it to get a Glock. Never regretted getting a Glock, just wished I had not sold such a beautiful pistol that I could drive nails with, but being a new, poor cop made such choices necessary.....and I still wish I had it...wait a tic....., I wonder if my local hole in the wall gun store has a used one ..... (looks back and forth with an evil grin while rubbing hands together...)
John Browning was a true genius. He invented almost every iconic American firearm. From the 1911 and BHP to the model 94 and the ma deuce, his genius knew no limits.
As a bit of trivia, the same man that designed the Hi-Power as we know it today, Dieudonné Joseph Saive, also designed the Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 and the Fabrique Nationale Fusil Automatique Léger (FN-FAL).
Technically, you are correct, the P-35 wasn't Browning's design (it was based on his design), his last version of it before Saive refined the pistol, was;
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